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Firefighter rescues 2-year-old son from drowning, but days later the boy dies from his injuries It should have been a relaxing weekend at Lake Martin in Alabama, but as the Ingram family began packing up to go home tragedy struck. Their two-year-old boy Briggs fell into the lake, and while...

Life is a fragile thing and tomorrow is never promised. We often get reminders of this fact but it hits home when the death is of a young person.Juan Wilmer Tulul Tepaz was a 14-year-old who wanted the best for his family. Juan was born in Guatemala into a family...

When Gary Tognetti went to work last Thursday, his 15-year-old daughter showed him a wallet that had been left behind at their fruit stand the day before.“You’ve got to be kidding me,” he said after looking through the wallet. The driver’s license inside the wallet belonged to William Shatner, perhaps...

It just goes to show that you do not have to do much to be a hero! This woman saved a child’s life even though she did not have to step into the situation…Christine King of Bensalem in Bucks County was on her way to work, driving on her usual...

Mothers often face unique challenges that can unfortunately frequently interfere with their dreams and career aspirations. Many employers unfortunately do not facilitate the delicate balance that a mother might need in order to thrive in both areas of her life. Luckily for Ashley Webster, this was not the case.The 26-year-old...

What started out as an ordinary patrol turned into one viewed by hundreds of thousands.Lance Hofmeister, a police officer with the Murfreesboro Police Department in Tennessee, was out during his shift when he came across an elderly woman walking along the side of a highway with a walker. He pulled...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.In a sharp reversal of previous policy, Blinken also said he expects to speak with his Kremlin counterpart...

AUSTIN, Texas ― On the second day of a defamation trial that has forced Alex Jones to reckon with the lies he spread about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a notorious conspiracy theorist took center stage.For years, Jones and Infowars gave Wolfgang Halbig ― a 75-year-old extremist who...

Extreme slow motion content featuring large water balloons is becoming an annual tradition for YouTube duo The Slow Mo Guys. Dan has previously been showered by one, submerged himself inside one, and even been crushed beneath one on a trampoline — and now, continuing the don't-try-this-at-home trend with the video...

Woman, 23, has been unable to wee for THREE YEARS after being struck down with a bizarre syndrome A WOMAN has revealed that she has not urinated for THREE YEARS – after being struck down with a bizarre syndrome. Vikki Black, 23, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, thought she simply had cystitis...

Some children don’t have both their parents and as a result can sometimes feel left out. However, this single dad wanted to ensure his children never had to face this…Chatchai “Sam” Panuthai is a single dad to two sons. As a single father, he has to juggle a lot of...

It was an audition that Simon Cowell said he’d never forget, and if you tuned into Tuesday night’s episode of America’s Got Talent, it was one performance that probably stuck with you long after the show ended.Ava Swieczkowski, Ava Swiss as she goes by, performed a moving rendition of contemporary...

What started as a joke turned into possibly one of the best gifts a mother could ever receive from her son.An Arizona man spent nearly three years growing out his hair so he could donate it to his mother who lost her hair after she received radiation. “It’s a no-brainer,”...

Too many animals suffer from living in terrible conditions, kept in cramped, dirty spaces and denied proper treatment for their ailing health.That was the sad reality for 80 dogs who were kept in a condemned house — until a humane society made an inspiring rescue.On July 22, the Licking County...

11-year-old boy dashes into the street to rescue injured dog hit by car There’s nothing sweeter than the bond between a boy and a dog, and one story shows just how brave and kind kids can be when it comes to their animal friends.When a dog was in great danger,...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) continues to search for one of two suspects wanted in the brazen, July 13 shooting of mother and grandmother Karen Baker. Baker, 48, was attempting to withdraw cash from an ATM on the 9600 block of University City Boulevard in Charlotte just before 6 a.m....